Pictures of some of my Raw Creations

I have decided to post a couple pictures of raw dishes I have made. The first dish is Wendy Rudell's Wild Rice Salad. It was so delicious with the hint of ginger and garlic and I used flaxseed oil instead of olive oil. The Second dish is a Gazpacho Soup and also a recipe by Wendy Rudell. It was fun to make a raw soup since I have never tried or seen one before. It tasted a bit like salsa, and the presence of papaya really brought it to the table. You can either blend all the ingredients together to make it more soupy, or blend most and leave some chopped veggies out to make it a crunchier soup (which is what I did). 

My diet was almost completely raw last week and I plan to continue the flow this week as well. Not only did I have an abundance in energy, I also felt more positive and more connected to the earth. My mind also felt more in sync with my physical body.

I went to a FREE Raw Foods for Chakra Healing/ Meditation for the Chakras/Vinyasa Flow Yoga class last week which helped build my mental strength as well as humbled my appetite. I feel like Americans are so concerned with eating enough food, getting enough protein, etc. What most do not understand is that eating high nutrient foods and just enough to supply our body with what it needs is all we need to survive and maintain optimal health. In the Raw Food Chakra class, we discussed food addiction and why our body feels confused and crave processed and refined foods that have a shelf life for years and years. Imagine this: the food you ate has chemical preservatives in it that help it retain its freshness in your cupboard for 2 years... So how can your natural body try to break down these unnatural chemicals? Don't you think this particular food will be difficult to digest and will try to live in your body for years? Do you think these chemicals will sit near your cells and build a wall of toxins, leading to cancer? Something to think about before you make that turn into the junk food isle at your grocery store...

Here is a picture of a chocolate cake I made. I got this recipe from the raw foods chef that hosted the Raw Foods for Chakra Healing class. I also attended a preparing raw foods demonstration that she hosted at Whole Foods and got to try two of her dishes. I found this chocolate cake recipe on her web site. I really like the middle part and surprisingly it is made with avocados! The crust is good but I am not a huge fan of carob powder and that is one of the main ingredients.
www.beofbliss.com/

Peace & Inspiration!

Virginia Lilly